The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-12-05


about eight hundred. including employees and
officers the Bee-line proper only.
THE STATE EXCHANGE TABLE.
CORRECT.
Sullivan Union: An honest ballot box would
break the solid South in several places.
A RUSTIC SMILE.
Colfax Courier: The campaign OF 1888 is be.
ginning to crack open around the edges already
Before dog days it will be as hot as the south
end of bumblebee going north.
THE HOME OF THE BLOODY SHIRT
Lebanon Mercury: It is an absolute ract that
the South is to-day and has been for over TWEEN
shirt than the entire North has ever waved
inches.
WOULD DRAW THE LINE.
Monticello Democrat: We believe IN turning
the rascals out, but are NOT In favor OF filling
their places with ignorarnuses whose careless
ness and ignorance serve to detract from the
efficiency Of the mail service
NO PLACE FOR ANARCHY.
Huntington Herald: There is no place in the
United States for the followers and advocates OF
anarchy; is it suppression of free speech
liberty to compel them to desist from spread
ing their abominable doctrines.
ENGLISH THE NATIONAL TONGUE.
Winchester Herald: If the German desires to
keep alive his mother tongue In his family, he
can instruct his own children. and so of others;
but for the public school system English, the
national tongue. is the only language
FACT TO BE REMEMBERED.
Lafayette News: The Democratic party is in
power by the potent influences of lawlessness.
Without the violation of the Constitution of the
United States, it could not even have a respecta-
bic minority in the houses OF Congress.
RESULT OF ADVERTISING.
Union City Eagle: We advertised last week for
a ''good, steady soaking rain" and got it. It is
strange nobody thought of doing this before. We
might just we'll have had good rains all sum
mer if we had gone at it in business way
CAUSE AND EFFECT.
North Manchester journal: AS long as the
colored vote is suppressed in the South those
States may be set down solid against the ad
mission of Dakota as a State, no matter how
large a population the Territory does have.
A QUESTION THAT WILL NOT DOWN.
Terre Haute Express: Next to the perplexi-
ties of the tariff situation that comes with the
reassem bling of Congress will be the revival OF
that long disputed question. ought Cabinet Ia
dies the wives of Senators make the first call.
VITAL ISSUE.
Liberty Herald: The issue above and
sbadowing all others in the next national
paign will be the right of the colored voters of
the Southern States to cast their votes for whom
they please, and have their ballots honestly
counted
A DRAWBACK TO REFORM.
Clay County Enterprise: The great draw
back to woman's suffrage. in other agitated
reforms, the unnecessarily large number of
impractibles who crowd themselves into the
breach determined to have it all their own way
not at all
a PERTINENT QUESTION
Madison Courier Is i5 not little singular
that the Anarchists who insist that our laws
all wrong and commit murder under them. and
other crimes, all so ready to avail themselves
of the same laws to save their worthless necks
when they detected in the nefarious efforts
to destroy themE
MUSTBE CHANGED.
Rushville Republican: The suppression OF
the colored vote in the South puts the control of
this government into the hands of minority.
and that will not be much longer endured. The
colored vote must be fairly cast and honestly
counted. or the South must surrender the rep
resentatlon based on 1t.
THE AMERICAN woRKINGMAN.
Huntington Herald: The American aboring
man, and Americans are well nigh all 1aboring
men, should have no sympathy with Anarchists
No man is more interested in having good gov
ernment a strong government and a peaceful
government than the average self-res pectIns
American be he such by birth or adoption.
EXCELLENT MATERIAL.
Kokomo Gazette Tribune: Indiana Republic
anis m may have an opportunity, in the near
Senator. and President Vice president.
There is admirable material for the entire prod
uct in the persons of Gen. Lew Wallace. x-Cfov-
ernor Albert q. Porter and ex-senator Benja
min Harrison.
LIKES THE RESOLUTION.
Shelbyville Republican, It would not be
bad idea to reproduce in the next State platform
the ringing resolution the temperance oues-
ton which electrified the last convention and
gave rise to Governor Cumback's famous
mark that it was 1.-The Gods truth of the whole
people of the State and it should be main tanned
in the next canvass.
THE DEMOCRATIC IDEA.
Lafayette Call: The social battle which the
South is fighting to-day is battle to keep the
negro down-to debar him from ever having
equal education and equal opportunity. 1t is q
struggle to keep the black laborer a pauper. and
get his services they ALWAYS have gotten
@hn,p shnr fhn 6ann 70 r,f, xrht froA
and intelligent man would command. This Is
the course which the Democratic party has ever
diligently served.
THE TRUTH OF HISTORY.
Lafayette Courier: If Colonel Robertson had
been allowed to serve in the Office TO which he
was elected and if the contested cases in both
branches of the Assembly had been decided on
their merits and in accordance with the facts
and ths law, the Republicans would have had
majority of votes in the joint convention, and
David Turpie would not now have even SO much
pretext to seek admission q member of
the Z nited States Senate.
FOR GOVERNOR GRAY.
New Castle Courier: If Governor Gray is not
arrant schemer and political coward, why
did he not enforce his order superseding DIR.
Harrison and Mr.. Gapen as trustees of the be-
nevolent institutional Are those bumptous
persons greater than the Governor and the law
that the Governor eats humble pie before them
with such complacent obsequlousnessl Or is
the Governor afraid of the influence which the
ring might exert upon a certain much-pampered
vice presidential boomf
OUR JUDICIARY.
Evansville Journal: 1t would be advisable
and some day il the good time coming it will
again be the custom. for the Legislature to elect
judges the old Constitution provided. While
there have been many able judges elected to the
Supreme and lower benches there have been
some poor specimens. In the political scram BILE
the people liable to make mistakes. The
Legislature is less likely to do So being re-
sponsible to the people and cont aiming usually
enough sound and cool-headed lawyers to insure